Ah! You Think Your Wife Does Not Provide Enough for You, Villain. . . .

Cleveland Museum of Art

Ah! You Think Your Wife Does Not Provide Enough for You, Villain. . . .

Honoré Daumier

Date
1841
Medium
lithograph
Culture
France, 19th century
Department
Prints
Institution
Cleveland Museum of Art

This print, after the addition of a title and captions, was published in Le Charivari (June, 6, 1841) as plate 38 from the series Matrimonial Customs .

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